Or perhaps it won't actually be Guybrush being executed, but someone posing as him?

Oh lol

That reminds me of like the episode of Red Dwarf "Cassandra" where Rimmer was told he would die to which he gave the guard his jacket with his name tag on it to which the guard died instead of heart attack

It wouldn't surprise me if it's just TTG messing with the hardcore fans a bit. With such discussions about story etc, what would be the absolute most heinous crime any game developer could think of? Killing off Guybrush obviously. Oh, there would squadrons of soldiers with torches and pitchforks heading towards the HQ.

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Could be hes put on trial and has to clear his name by the end of the episode, maybe a bit like when he got framed for robbery on Lucre Island in EMI

Yeah, I had same idea. Though I'd think Guybrush will botch things up and will either be sprung from execution on the absolute last second Blackadder goes forth-style or the execution fails due to pure luck.Then again Sam & Max [spoiler]died halfway through Night of the Raving Dead and went on as Zombies,[/spoiler] and given the great amount of undead in the Monkey Island stories that might be a possibility to.